Had another interesting match on Sunday, which was my fifth after returning to refereeing and I'm just looking for a bit of guidance on a few issues from the good folks here.
Out of all the games I've had this season this was by far the most challenging, but I still enjoyed it:
1. Challenging CARs - I've had this two weeks in a row now, where the CARs have been a bit of a nightmare. Obviously their both set up at their respective LBs or last men, and they literally just flag offside for everything and anything, one team starts moaning about the other's CAR and then they instruct theirs to do the same which makes offsides obviously pretty difficult to manage. I've had words with both sides two weeks in a row and not much seems to change. Whether it's me or my positioning, but because I'm following the ball a lot of the time I find it difficult to be able to call an offside unless they're particularly obvious.
2. 50/50 tackles - Late in the game, away team 1-0 up and home team starting to push - ball breaks in the middle and two players both slide in for it making plenty of contact and both stay down - cue a bit of a mass con, though very minor, and it quickly broke up - I've always hated these types of situation, it's impossible to tell who has fouled who and where the offense really lies, I booked both as they were both reckless in the challenge, but any advice on how to look at these in the future.
Cheers, all!
Out of all the games I've had this season this was by far the most challenging, but I still enjoyed it:
1. Challenging CARs - I've had this two weeks in a row now, where the CARs have been a bit of a nightmare. Obviously their both set up at their respective LBs or last men, and they literally just flag offside for everything and anything, one team starts moaning about the other's CAR and then they instruct theirs to do the same which makes offsides obviously pretty difficult to manage. I've had words with both sides two weeks in a row and not much seems to change. Whether it's me or my positioning, but because I'm following the ball a lot of the time I find it difficult to be able to call an offside unless they're particularly obvious.
2. 50/50 tackles - Late in the game, away team 1-0 up and home team starting to push - ball breaks in the middle and two players both slide in for it making plenty of contact and both stay down - cue a bit of a mass con, though very minor, and it quickly broke up - I've always hated these types of situation, it's impossible to tell who has fouled who and where the offense really lies, I booked both as they were both reckless in the challenge, but any advice on how to look at these in the future.
Cheers, all!
